Brendan Martin
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Brendan Martin
@brmartin.com
Editor of learndatasci.com, code enjoyer, eco-friend. Post about software engineering, math, game dev, and data topics.
Claude Code is amazing. Took way too long before adding it to my flow.

Coolest feature so far is adding the Playwright MCP for browser automation. Pretty crazy what you can accomplish with a browser agent.
October 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The #Tariffs in a nutshell: "These are not the billionaires you're looking for."
April 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
just spent 2-3 hours trying to getting csrf tokens to work because I forgot to clear my cookies #golang #htmx
April 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Why not #tariff foreign labor? We're a service-based economy where companies increasingly outsource knowledge work to other countries. Tariff the outsourcing to make hiring Americans more attractive
April 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
In case you didn't know why this is the case, for this admin to cut taxes for the wealthy, it requires sourcing govt cashflow from somewhere else. They can get that cashflow through an import tax (tariff) which is transferred straight to consumers.
"These are defacto tax cuts for the wealthy paid for by the poor" - Steve Liesman on CNBC
April 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If they want to run this country like a business, then they should give big salaries to people who have the largest impact— teachers, for example.
April 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If Trump thinks #tariffs will bring back manufacturing by making foreign-made goods too expensive for Americans, he should have rolled them out at 1% per month instead of all at once. At least then you'd give businesses *some* time to adjust and not tank the economy.
April 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Why does the golang Firebase admin sdk let you create email sign in links but not verify them???
April 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
TFW you see "that's beyond the scope of this book" and that's the part you're interested in
December 2, 2024 at 1:40 PM
This was recorded in 1988... sounds familiar
www.youtube.com/watch?v=og9D...
The Law & Order Gang | George Carlin | What Am I Doing in New Jersey (1988)
YouTube video by Official George Carlin
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Money should be a byproduct of doing things you enjoy, not the goal.
April 10, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Investing without knowledge is gambling
April 8, 2024 at 9:14 PM
If you're dooming over AI taking over software engineering, remember:

Product users don't really know what they want, and AI can only do what it's told.
April 6, 2024 at 1:54 PM
The only times you'll hear the word "urn" are death and probability
April 2, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Step 1 to reducing Steam refunds for your game:

make a character creator so complex that it easily eats up the first 2 hours of gameplay.

#gamedev
April 2, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Bluesky should make a way to share code snippets natively instead of needing to make it an image like every other platform.

#Programming
March 31, 2024 at 2:03 PM